Detection of MBL-2 gene expression in intestinal biopsies of celiac patients by in situ reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
| Autor: | Oriano Radillo, Laura Braida, Tarcisio Not, Michele Boniotto, Doroti Pirulli, A. Città, Antonio Amoroso, Sergio Crovella |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Boniotto, M, Radillo, O, Braida, L, Pirulli, D, Citta, A, Not, Tarcisio, Amoroso, A, Crovella, Sergio |
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Histology
DNA Complementary Biopsy Messenger Biophysics Gene Expression Autoimmune enteropathy Biology medicine.disease_cause Small Mannose-Binding Lectin Autoimmunity Classical complement pathway Exon Celiac Disease DNA Primers Humans Intestine Small RNA Messenger Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Complementary Gene expression medicine lcsh:QH301-705.5 Mannan-binding lectin Innate immune system Cell Biology DNA medicine.disease Intestine Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction lcsh:Biology (General) Immunology RNA |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier European Journal of Histochemistry, Vol 47, Iss 2 (2009) Europe PubMed Central ResearcherID |
| Popis: | Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy triggered by ingestion of gluten in genetically susceptible subjects and represents one of the most frequently occurring, treatable, lifelong autoimmune disorders. Undetected or untreated CD may cause late more severe complications (Farrell and Kelly, 2002). So far, several factors have been identified as possible agents responsible for CD. There is a strong evidence that CD is associated with specific HLA haplotypes (HLADQA1* 0501, DQB1*0201 or DQA1*0301, DQB0302) (Sollid and Thorsby, 1993). Recently it has been demonstrated on Italian patients that polymorphisms of the first exon of MBL2 gene, which encodes for Mannose Binding Protein (MBP), could play a pathophysiological role in celiac disease (Boniotto et al., 2002). MBP is a serum protein involved in the natural or innate immune response. MBP acts as an ante-antibody and can enhance opsonisation, or can activate the classical pathway of the complement on bacteria, viruses and fungi (Sastry and Ezekowitz, 1993). |
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